From 12 to 13 October 2023, the German-Kazakh Science Day took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany (BMBF) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MHES) (MHES).

The South Vietnamese province Binh Thuan is not only known for its dragon fruit plantations, but also for its vast dune landscapes of red and white sand. These dune landscapes can provide a particular raw material: heavy sands containing titanium- and zirconium-bearing minerals. The CLIENT II project RENO-TITAN takes a closer look at these mineral sands. Experts on environmental radiology from Vietnam and Germany collaborate in RENO-TITAN to determine whether the residues from heavy sand mining activities are radioactively contaminated.

The CLIENT II video series is complete! As of now, all target regions of the funding measure are available on the CLIENT II website as well as on the CLIENT II YouTube channel. In the five videos, selected projects present their innovative technologies and products. The region-specific challenges and solutions are also highlighted in more detail.

At a workshop on IPBES in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the CASIB project office and the SUFACHAIN project presented themselves.

The German Aerospace Center (DLR), a project partner of the CLIENT II project Locust-Tec, has produced an elaborate video about the work of the project.

The EnaTex project aims to accompany the Indonesian textile industry on its way to a more sustainable production. The focus is on increasing energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energies, embedded in a holistic corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. In June 2023, a delegation of Indonesian researchers from the Catholic University of Atma Jaya and the Politeknik STTT Bandung visited the German project partners in Mönchengladbach, Leonberg, Heidelberg, and Saarbrücken. Together, the project partners conducted working visits, workshops and networking meetings.

The electricity demand in Namibia’s off-grid communities is continuing to rise, leaving the capacity of existing generators struggling to keep up. The PROCEED project is investigating the potential of decentralised solar systems to complement mini-grids. A first pilot plant has now been created at Tsumkwe secondary school.

In June 2023, representatives of the EnaTex teams met at the world's largest international trade fair for mechanical engineering for the textile and apparel industry in Milan.

The CLIENT II project Locust-Tec is researching innovative technologies for dealing with the rise in locust outbreaks and infestations, due to the increasing threat they pose to agriculture, global food security and the environment. The latest issue of the FONA newsletter includes a report on the project.

As part of the OrganoRice project, Vietnamese students from Can Tho University are using an app developed by the project to record land and pesticide use. After a short training, the app allows for quick recording of land use, including information on irrigation and crop rotation obtained from interviews with farmers. They can also upload photos onto the app, to show the current situation.